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Sky Watching: The Mystery of Double Rainbows [1]

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Submitted by Rain on Wed, 05/15/2013 - 04:11

Weather.com - Chrissy Warrilow, 5/14/13

Niagara Falls are seen with a double rainbow on October 8, 2006, from aboard the Maid of the Mist on the Niagara River. Under the rainbow the American Falls can be seen. (Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)
 

Double rainbows: If the hope of one pot of gold isn't enough, sometimes Mother Nature gives us the opportunity to pursue two. 

How They Form

The double-dose of atmospheric optimism [2] is a result of optical effects occurring in tandem.

More: Weather.com [3]

 

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[3] http://www.weather.com/news/skywatching-double-rainbow-20130513
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